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ALMOST 95,000 BABIES COULD BE BORN WITHOUT SKILLED BIRTH SUPPORT AS AID CUTS PUT LIVES AT RISK
About 95,000 mothers supported by Save the Children may have to give birth without a skilled health worker present in the next 12 months putting themselves and their babies at risk, unless life-saving aid programmes continue, said Save the Children.
SOMALIA: OVER 55,000 CHILDREN AT RISK OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS AID CUTS FORCE NUTRITION CENTRES TO CLOSE
At least 55,000 children supported by Save the Children in Somalia will lose access to lifesaving nutrition services by June, as aid cuts force Save the Children-supported nutrition centres to close.
IN GAZA, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE CHILD IS AT RISK OF FAMINE - SAVE THE CHILDREN
The war in Gaza and Israeli authorities' total siege on the entry of aid and goods have pushed families to take unimaginable measures to survive
Children in Mongolia swap herds for curds as climate change threatens traditional way of life
The skills the children learn could make a big difference to their futures in Mongolia where 40 % of the country’s 3.4 million people rely on herding but where harsh winters are occurring more frequently due to the climate crisis - putting traditional ways of living at risk.
Ukraine: April Marks the Deadliest Month for Children in nearly 3 years
Last month, at least 97 children were killed or injured in attacks in Ukraine, the highest number of child casualties reported in a single month since June 2022, when 98 children were killed or injured.
K-Pop Stars wear Save the Children’s ‘Save One’ Bracelet to support children affected by climate disasters
This fourth season of the bracelet’s ‘Save One’ campaign comes as a new Save the Children report with research led by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel finds that children born in 2020 are projected to experience unprecedented levels of climate extremes – such as heatwaves, river floods, drought and wildfires – throughout their lifetimes
Climate change: A third of 5-year-olds will be spared unprecedented lifetime exposure to dangerous heat if world meets 1.5°C temperature goal
Almost a third of today’s five-year-olds – about 38 million children – will be spared a lifetime’s “unprecedented” exposure to extreme heat if the world meets the 1.5°C warming target by 2100, Save the Children said.
Migrant Children Fleeing Violence Face New Dangers and Uncertainty at Mexico’s Northern Border, New Report Finds
The research, based on 155 interviews with migrant children and their caregivers across three of Mexico’s major border cities—Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, and Tijuana—reveals that after fleeing violence, many children found themselves in overcrowded shelters, out of school and in unsafe neighbourhoods alone, where they faced further dangers and continued to be denied their rights.
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